W3C Weekly News
25 December 2002 - 15 January 2003
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Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 and Mobile SVG Are W3C Recommendations
The World Wide Web Consortium released "Scalable Vector Graphics
(SVG) 1.1" and "Mobile SVG Profiles: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic" as W3C
Recommendations. SVG delivers vector graphics, text, and images to
the Web in XML. SVG 1.1 separates the SVG language into reusable
building blocks. Mobile SVG re-combines them optimized for cellphones
and pocket computers. Read the press release and testimonials.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-SVG11-20030114/http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-SVGMobile-20030114/http://www.w3.org/2003/01/svg11-pressrelease
DOM Level 2 HTML Is a W3C Recommendation
The World Wide Web Consortium released the "Document Object Model
(DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification" as a W3C Recommendation. DOM Level
2 HTML is a platform- and language-neutral interface that allows
programs and scripts to dynamically access and update the content and
structure of HTML and XHTML 1.0 documents. Read the press release,
the testimonials and more about the DOM Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20030109/http://www.w3.org/2003/01/doml2html-pressreleasehttp://www.w3.org/DOM/
Web Services Choreography Working Group Created
W3C is pleased to announce the creation of the Web Services
Choreography Working Group as part of the Web Services Activity.
Choreography describes linkages and usage patterns between Web
services. The group is chartered to create the definition of a
choreography, one or more languages built on WSDL 1.2 for describing
choreography, and rules for choreographed Web services. Read the
Working Group charter and more about W3C work on Web services.
http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/chor/http://www.w3.org/2003/01/wscwg-charterhttp://www.w3.org/2002/ws/
W3C Workshop on XForms Implementation Announced
Registration is open through 21 February for the W3C Workshop on
XForms Implementation to be held in Waltham, MA, USA on 27-28
February 2003. Participants must be in the XForms Working Group or
have an XForms 1.0 implementation. Attendees will exchange
experiences, hints and techniques, compare functionality, and discuss
XForms 1.0 Candidate Recommendation issues. Visit the XForms home page.
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/2003/ImplementationWorkshop/http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/
W3C Team Presents at PAGE2003 in Tokyo, Japan
W3C Team members will speak at PAGE2003 to be held 5-7 February in
Tokyo, Japan. On 5 February, Yasuyuki Hirakawa, W3C Communications
Team, presents an "Introduction to W3C"; Kazuhiro Kitagawa, W3C
Device Independence Activity Lead, presents "Device Independence
Authoring Techniques and standardization"; and Masayasu Ishikawa, W3C
HTML Activity Lead, presents "XHTML 2.0." Registration is open.
(in Japanese)
http://www.jagat.or.jp/page/
EMMA Requirements Published
The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released "Requirements
for EMMA" as a W3C Note. The Extensible MultiModal Annotation
language (EMMA) is an exchange mechanism between input processors and
interaction management systems. Recognizers can annotate data such as
confidence scores, time stamps, alternative and partial recognition,
and key stroke, speech and pen input. Visit the Multimodal
Interaction home page.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/NOTE-EMMAreqs-20030113/http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/
Multimodal Interaction Requirements Published
The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released "Multimodal
Interaction Requirements" as a W3C Note. Derived from use case
studies, the Note covers general issues, input, output, architecture,
integration, synchronization points, runtimes and deployments. Read
about the Multimodal Interaction Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/NOTE-mmi-reqs-20030108/http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/
XML Schema: Component Designators Working Draft Published
The XML Schema Working Group has released the first public Working
Draft of "XML Schema: Component Designators." The document defines a
scheme for identifying the XML Schema components specified by the XML
Schema Recommendation Part 1 and Part 2. Read about the XML Activity
http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-xmlschema-ref-20030109/http://www.w3.org/XML/
Jigsaw 2.2.2 Released
Jigsaw version 2.2.2 is available for download. The new version fixes
bugs, adds performance enhancements and HTTP compliance fixes and
features SSL support contributed by Thomas Kopp. Jigsaw is W3C's
leading-edge Web server platform implemented in Java.
http://www.w3.org/Jigsaw/http://www.w3.org/Jigsaw/Activity
XPointer xpointer() Scheme Working Draft Published
The XML Linking Working Group has released an updated Working Draft
of "XPointer xpointer() Scheme." Used with the XPointer Framework
Proposed Recommendation, the draft allows full addressing of portions
of XML documents. It is based on XPath, and adds the ability to
address strings, points, and ranges in accordance with definitions in
DOM 2 Range. Read about the XML Activity.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-xptr-xpointer-20021219/http://www.w3.org/XML/
W3C Team Talks in January
* Rigo Wenning participated in the panel "Securite et liberte sur
les reseaux: des objectifs contradictoires?" at Autrans 2003 in
Autrans, France.
* Sandro Hawke speaks about the Semantic Web on the panels "So What's
New in Your Lab," "Intelligent Machines," and "Memes, Networks, and
Epidemics" at Arisia '03 in Boston, MA, USA.
http://www.w3.org/Promotion/Appearances/
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